I always thought JRPG describes the style of RPG. Anime looks etc and it doesn't matter whether it's made by Japanese or western studio.

Cultural style is a genre. Styles are not restricted to location of origin.

Origin is also irrelevant in the discussion of a game's gameplay, unless you are concerned about the people who made the game rather than the game itself.

This isn't limited to just games, this is common in every media form. 

So back to my original question: So would you call Halo 5 a WFPS?

That is my point to you because it's a point that was expounded from YOUR logic.  You're skirting the issue because you know I present a valid flaw in your reasoning.  So please answer the question above then answer the follow up question of "why or why not?"

You felt it.  So, yep, you're getting personal about it.

I don't know, guys. I support BraLoD here.

People mostly made the distinction about JRPGs and WRPGs because outside some games back in the SNES/N64/PS2 era, RPGs made in Japan followed almost the same basic pattern (turn-based, fancy companions, fixed Main Character, unique medieval/fantasy setting...), and WRPGs did so too (real-time, D&D-inspired combat system, customizable Main Character, more grounded in "reality"...etc). It was easier to tell a distinction given the place of origin.

We've now come to a time were those terms are meaningless. Reiterative. Should we call Dragon's Dogma a WRPG? Should we call Child of Light a JRPG? Who knows, but I think we shouldn't; those are games that simply take as inspiration those original basic patterns from different places of the developer's. Dragon's Dogma is still a JRPG because it's made in Japan, and Child of Light it's still a WRPG because it's made in the west. The basic patterns from the place of origin has definitvely warped, just as gaming isn't nowadays the same as back in the PS1 days.

I like how this thread quickly devolved from the usual 1080p vs not 1080p stuff to "all role playing games developed in Japan are / aren't JRPGs" and "JRPGs are / aren't a genre of gaming" lol.

What if a role playing game is developed jointly by teams in Japan, Europe and other Western regions... does that make it a JEWRPG?

That game would be kosher.

First we had the argument that Bloodborne wasn't an RPG but a hack-and-slash game. Now we've got the argument that a JRPG is a style and not an indication of where it came from. Jesus, the mental gymnastics people perform in order to avoid conceding they're wrong is on an Olympic scale. Bloodborne is a JRPG made to suit a Western orientated audience, this game is an RPG made to suit a Eastern orientated audience.

1.8 GPU >>> 1.3 GPU

Mazel tov!